Ron Olsen

Ron Olsen was born in 1943 and spent 1944 and 1945 at Marrianna Army Air Field, Florida where his dad was based. The family settled in Medford, Oregon after the war. By the mid 50s Medford was home to early air tanker operators and as a teen Ron rode his bike to the airport eventually taking a Kodak brownie.

After graduating from OSU, he and wife Linda lived in Portland from 1965 to 1978 and that was the base for photo trips to airfields in Oregon, Washington, BC, northern California, and Nevada (including Reno 68 and 73). During this time he was a member of the AAHS and traded photos with other members. The Olsen family with 3 children moved to their current Willamette valley home in 1978.

Ron started his career at Hyster Co. in Portland as an industrial engineer, then computer programmer, systems analyst, and data processing manager. Retiring from the Oregon Department of Revenue.

Ron and Linda spend time with their 3 grandkids each week and Ron has several hobbies including scanning his old slides and displaying them on ronsarchive.com and Warbird Depot, plus a 1950 Chevy pickup, XK140 Jaguar and 1965 Mustang.

Photo Gallery

Below are some examples of Ron Olsen's photographs. Feel free to view these pictures for your own personal use, however, you will require Ron's permission to publish them in any way. Click on any of the thumbnails below to view the enlarged image.

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